The Department of Health and Human Services has moved to reclassify marijuana as less harmful than cocaine or heroin, a possible first step toward wider legalization, according to reports.

In a letter obtained by Bloomberg News, a Health and Human Services Department official wrote to Drug Enforcement Agency Administrator Anne Milgram that marijuana should be classified as a schedule three substance, which consists of drugs “with a moderate to low potential for physical and psychological dependence.”

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    Can we force it on Republicans yet? Like stick them in a weed chamber and don’t let them out until they’ve chilled out a bit?

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      What does this mean? Like, a 10 year old can walk into a grocery store and buy a tomato. Is that what you mean? Or did you mean legalize it like alcohol?

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          In that case, I agree. There’s no sane reason for weed to be illegal in a country where alcohol is not.

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            Difference is a kid can grow weed.

            Even home brew has a complicated setup.

            It’s plant, not a demon.

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              Home brewing alcohol doesn’t have to be complicated. I make hard cider all the time by just opening a jug of apple juice, dumping in yeast, and putting a balloon with a pin hole over the mouth of the jug. Kids could very easily make hooch if they wanted to.

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                I did that when I was a teenager. Way easier than trying to keep an illegal plant alive that smells strongly of weed.

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    Some other Schedule III drugs:

    • Products containing less than 90 milligrams of codeine per dosage unit (Tylenol with codeine)
    • ketamine
    • anabolic steroids
    • testosterone
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      I mean, is it really? Obama was like an '80s Republican than anything. Still was better than the alternative obviously, but people need to stop being so surprised by mainstream Dems acting like Diet Republicans.